The new era of American climate federalism is, in many respects, a regulatory blast-from-the-past. ‘And that may actually be a promising development, particularly for its placement of states at center stage in policy design and implementation.

The Environmental Protection Agency’s unveiling of long-anticipated carbon emission regulations for power plants dashes more than a decade of expectations that the federal government would enact some version of a cap-and-trade program for carbon. Remember McCain-Lieberman, Boxer-Lieberman-Warner, and Waxman-Markey, among dozens of others.

I’m seeking help finding information for publication of a book which will identify Columbia County’s war dead. This book has been four years in the making and is nearing completion. I’m hoping to make contact with any known family members of the below listed soldiers from Columbia County that died in various wars for inclusion:

Columbia County has a lot of great things going for it. The cost of living is reasonable; it is an easy drive to the mountains and the beach; it takes care of its residents’ recreational needs through the lake, parks and events; the level of crime is low; and it has an excellent school system. However, one thing Columbia County does not have is school choice. In 2012, the citizens voted 55 percent to 45 percent to allow state or local approval of charter schools. This result shows the community’s desire for school choice.

When the U.S. Senate race kicked off last year, the conventional wisdom was that Jack Kingston would be hindered by the fact he was not well-known to Georgia’s voters outside the coastal counties he represented in the 1st Congressional District.

Kingston would be running at a disadvantage against former secretary of state Karen Handel, the thinking went, because she was more familiar to voters in the Republican-rich suburban counties of Metro Atlanta.

ATLANTA — Last week’s voting brought bad news to tea party and so-called liberty candidates in Georgia, but the question is whether it revealed a turning point in their long-term fortunes or a temporary setback.

The hues of the right side of the political spectrum are varied and include economic/business conservatives, social conservatives, fiscal conservatives and small “L” libertarians – “liberty” advocates.